Studying the images of Nataraja : how can religious art, theology, and neuropsychiatry inform one another?

IF 0.9 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health Pub Date : 2023-10-03 DOI:10.1080/19349637.2023.2263754

Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan, Akhilesh Shukla

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ABSTRACTThe image of Nataraja is a storehouse of collective unconscious thoughts of the Indian psyche. Academicians and research scholars from around the world have extracted essentially and practically applicable derivations from several of those collective thoughts symbolically embedded in those images. This paper is a neuropsychiatric-therapy-oriented extraction of the symbolic representation of the relation of the Lord, His dance, and the dwarf devil, Apasmara, in the images of Nataraja. Ayurvedic physicians use this term Apasmara only as a diagnostic term for epilepsy, but semantic understanding of the term Apasmara, which in Sanskrit means forgetfulness or momentary loss of memory or consciousness, informs us that it can be used as a symptom/symptom-complex in various neuropsychiatric conditions. Such semantic understanding in conjunction with theological and clinical studies may help us extract Nataraja’s dance/Tandava (a mixed form of Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, and Odissi) as a therapeutic tool for promotion of prevention of various neuropsychiatric disorders.KEYWORDS: NatarajadanceBharatanatyamApasmaraforgetfulnessconsciousnessNeurologyPsychiatrymentalculturereligiontheologyspirituality AcknowledgmentsThe authors have no specific persons to acknowledge with regard to this paperDisclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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研究Nataraja的形象:宗教艺术、神学和神经精神病学是如何相互联系的?

【摘要】娜塔拉贾的形象是印度人心灵中集体无意识思想的宝库。来自世界各地的学者和研究学者已经从这些图像中象征性地嵌入的一些集体思想中提取了本质上和实际适用的衍生。本文以神经精神病学治疗为导向，从纳塔拉贾的图像中提取了上帝、他的舞蹈和侏儒魔鬼阿斯马拉之间关系的象征性表征。阿育吠陀医生将“阿斯马拉”一词仅作为癫痫的诊断术语，但对“阿斯马拉”一词的语义理解告诉我们，它可以作为各种神经精神疾病的症状/症状复合症状。“阿斯马拉”在梵语中意味着健忘或短暂的记忆或意识丧失。这种语义理解与神学和临床研究相结合，可以帮助我们提取Nataraja的舞蹈/Tandava (Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi和Odissi的混合形式)作为促进预防各种神经精神疾病的治疗工具。关键词:心性，梵天，梵天，遗忘，意识，神经，精神，计算，宗教，神学，灵性确认作者没有与本文有关的特定人员需要确认。本研究没有从公共、商业或非营利部门的资助机构获得任何特定的资助。

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Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health is an interdisciplinary professional journal (retiled from American Journal of Pastoral Counseling to better reflect its broader scope) that is devoted to the scholarly study of spirituality as a resource for counseling and psychotherapeutic disciplines. This peer-reviewed quarterly journal seeks to enhance the understanding of spirituality as a core component of human well-being in individual, relational, and communal life. Leading authorities provide insights into research and effective therapy in an interdisciplinary dialog that crosses the disciplines of psychology, spirituality, theology, sociology, cultural analysis, and other fields.